Category: Crime and Judiciary

South Korean police and prosecutors on Thursday opened separate insurrection investigations against President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed attempt to impose martial law in the key U.S. ally as his party said it opposed a planned vote to impeach him.The timing of the vote was announced as Yoon accepted the resignation of his defense minister, Kim Yong-hyun, who played...

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Monday announced the recovery of 753 Units of duplexes and other apartments in an estate in Lokogoma District Abuja.The recovery followed a ruling delivered on December 2, 2024 by Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie.On November 1, 2024, the judge had given an order of interim forfeiture on the property.A...

Filippo Turetta, a student who admitted murdering his ex-girlfriend Giulia Cecchettin in a brutal case that sparked outrage and soul searching in Italy will be sentenced on Tuesday. Prosecutors have asked for life in prison for Turetta, for killing Cecchettin in November last year, just days before she was due to graduate from the University...

According to state media report, a court in Vietnam on Tuesday upheld a death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan after rejecting her appeal against a conviction for embezzlement and bribery.Lan, the chairwoman of real estate developer Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group, was sentenced to death in April for her role in a...

The Information Minister of Pakistan’s most populous province of Punjab, Azma Bukhari is disturbed by a counterfeit image of herself: a sexualized deepfake video published to discredit her role as one of the nation’s few female leaders. Bukhari in a comment said: “I was shattered when it came into my knowledge.” Deepfakes — which manipulate...

Police in Australia seized a record 2.3 tons of cocaine and arrested 13 people in raids after the suspects’ boat broke down off the coast of Queensland, authorities said Monday.The drugs had a sale value of 760 million Australian dollars ($494 million) and equaled as many as 11.7 million street deals if they had reached the country of 28 million...

The Iranian judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported the country’s rapper Toomaj Salehi was released from prison Sunday after completing a one-year sentence for speaking out against the Iranian regime.Salehi had been sentenced to death in April by a revolutionary court on charges linked to unrest in the country from 2022 to 2023, although Iran’s Supreme Court overturned that sentence in June.His songs...

Police in Georgia arrested a prominent opposition leader early Monday after using water cannon and tear gas to scatter anti-government protesters who rallied outside Parliament for the fourth straight night.The protests were set off by the government’s announcement last week that it was suspending talks on joining the European Union. Critics saw that as confirmation of a Russian-influenced shift away...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the arrest of one Ezeokoli Sylva, a businessman based in Brazil, for allegedly smuggling 700 grams of cocaine.A body scan revealed foreign objects in his stomach, prompting authorities to place him under excretion observation. He later expelled 29 wraps of cocaine, which tested positive for the...